Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending November 2, 2012

Tips from three of the profession's most accomplished women on leadership.

Speaking of leadership, the ABA's Women in Law Leadership (WILL) Academy is in San Francisco next month - it's a can't miss event.

HBR has some interesting time and stress management advice from President Barak Obama: eliminate unnecessary decision-making from your day.

What do Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Selena Gomez have in common? They're both among Glamour magazine's Women of the Year

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending October 26, 2012

This week we lost an incredible trailblazer in Judge Betty Fletcher. Thank you to Judge Fletcher for her years of dedicated service and her inspiring perseverance.

Have you seen Ms. JD's law review report? We still have work to do getting women into top editorial posts in law school journals.

In other glass-ceiling news: NAWL's annual survey results are out and the numbers are not good.

A growing body of research looks at the "new dad," aka the working father. Suffice it to say we're no where near gender parity, despite what headlines would have you believe about new gender roles. 

It's hard to escape election coverage these days, but Refinery29's little love note to Hillary Clinton is a nice break from the horse race.

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending October 19, 2012

Are you registered for the ABA Women in Law Leadership Academy? You should be! Not only is this event the perfect follow-up to Ms. JD's conference She Leads, but it features a blockbuster lineup, including "Miss Representation" director Jennifer Newsome, negotiation guru Margaret Neale, and government and corporate leaders. See you there!

Tips on how to be a more effective supervisor

This election season there's been a lot of talk about "the top 1%." Putting aside the politics, why are there so few women plutocrats?

Today's recommended procrastination: a collection of academic mansplations.

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending October 12, 2012

This hardly qualifies as news, but the NYT explains why professional women hide their pregnancies.

We want you to raise your professional profile!  A great way to do so is by writing a guest post for Forbes!  Here's how.  Oh, and now might be a good time to remind you of Marne Levine's advice from She Leads: Be Daunted!

Washington College of Law is hosting a town hall on Gender Bias. If you're in the DC area and want to attend (October 26th at noon), email irr@americanbar.org.

Did you see the video of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard giving her opposition a detailed account of his history of misogyny? Well you'll want to.

This week included the International Day of the Girl - the gender wage gap is omnipresent, but particularly bad in many developing nations.

Ms. JD Weekly Roundup: Week Ending October 5, 2012

Greetings from Ms. JD's Annual Conference: She Leads! We'll be talking about leadership all day here at American University in our nation's capital. Here's some food for thought on leadership skills to get you started.  Stay tuned for updates on social media and recaps here on the blog of the highlights. 

While we're on the topic of women leaders - the nomination period for the Margaret Brent Awards is open now until December 3, 2012.

Slate.com asks, "Why aren't there more women professional sports coaches?"

Don't be fooled by statistics about th enumber of women enrolling in college, the "decline of men" is all a big myth.

In the week's edition of the disturbing portrayal of women in mass media: The Ms. Foundation is asking for signatures on a petition to pull the "choking cover" edition of Vogue Hommes from newstands.

 

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending September 28, 2012

Need a new tool for your job hunt?  Try social media.  Oh, and here's a list of things not to do when working with outside recruiters.  We'd love to hear what our friends at Lateral Link and Major, Lindsey, and Africa think and if they have any additional tips. 

And if you're at the interview stage, here's some tips on The Best Answers to the WORST Interview Questions!

An interesting "resignation letter" is making the rounds on the career blogs.  It's supposed to be about the culture of Gen Y.  We wonder what you think!?!?  We'll be interested to hear Lauren Stiller Rikleen's thoughts on the She Builds panel at Ms. JD: She Leads next week.  (Lauren is currently writing a book about Gen Y in the workplace.)

Hmm, so much for women not having a talent pipeline problem: a new story in the ABA Journal has women "opting-out" of law school

New numbers on the impact of implicit gender bias in science classrooms (they're not good).

The Daily Beast and Deborah Spar wade into the "Having it All" Debate.  Their recommendation, and we have to admit, we kinda like it: "The only way that American women will ever fully solve the “women’s problem” is by recognizing the quest for perfection for what it is: a myth. No woman can have it all, and by using all as the standard of success, we are only condemning ourselves and our daughters to failure."  So figure out what your priorities are, recognize that they might not be the same as the woman sitting next to you, and let's all just be supportive of each other.  Crazy idea right?

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending September 21, 2012

Only two weeks left until Ms. JD: She Leads! In our continued efforts to get you ready for the conference, this weeks' article offers 10 Questions for Leads to Ask Themselves. By the way, have you registered for She Leads yet? We still have a few group discounts available - buy five tickets and get your sixth free. So get a group of friends together and join us!

Bad news: the gender pay gap among partners at large law firms is widening. Ms. JD sponsor Major Lindsey & Africa, along with AmLaw, NLJ, and others combined resources to analyze partner compensation nationwide and found the gap between male and female partners' compensation had increased 46% in the last two years. Epic fail.

From New York Times: Why Men Fail.

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending September 14, 2012

We're just three weeks out from Ms. JD: She Leads!  Have you registered yet?  Check out the line up and then read this week's She Leads Article: 7 Things Successful Leaders Do Differently by Paula Davis-Laack!

Job hunting?  What recruiters wish you knew from Forbes.  By the way, if you are job hunting, have you registered with our sponsor recruiting firms Major Lindsey & Africa and Lateral Link?

The US Govt. suggests the LSAT is discriminatory.  This could be big.

Three ways to shape up your resume, and make it show how AWESOME you really are!  Great tips from our friends at the Levo League.

Speaking of self-promotion, keep this in mind: a new study shows overconfidence is a self-fulfilling prophecy

WashPo has a great story: "The Rolodex that Redefined Power."  Guess what, it's a woman's! 

And in advice for your career this week, Stephanie McCoy Loquvam, explains how to deal with difficult and more senior opposing counsel!  (Stephanie is also the co-chair of the Young Lawyers and Social Media Working Group of ABA President, Laurel Bellows' Gender Equity Task Force!)

AmLaw's Summer Associate Survey Reports that Summer Associates wanted ... less fun!?!?

The Commission on Women in the Profession (Our partner in the Ms. JD Fellowship Program!) is offering a freebie to their 1,000th Twitter Follower!  Follow them @ABAWomen to vy for the prize!

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending September 7, 2012

We've extended our registration discount for Ms. JD: She Leads in honor of Labor Day!  Register by 9/9 to save!  We're excited to see you all in DC.

BigLaw lawyers often imagine in-house gigs as the promised land, but there's no promise of work/life balance in house either

Speaking of work/life balance, a recent New York Times article suggests it's causing intra-office conflict. Ms. JD's Jessie Kornberg weighs in to disagree.

Did you tune in to the DNC this week? Women lawyers were front and center (e.g., Harvard Law Professor Elizabeth Warren, Georgetown grad Sandra Fluke, Michelle Obama, and Kamala Harris)

The ABA Journal is touting Legal Rebels, but only 3 of them are women.  Ironic, since reading the ABA Journal, one might think just being a woman in the profession is a form of rebellion.

Corporette has a twist on the age old question of what to wear to work and asks "what to wear to pump at work?"

The Apple v. Samsung ruling has been all over the news.  Gizmodo has an interesting take (filled with some juror intrigue!) on how and why the verdict will be appealed and may not stand.  

For 1Ls: It's that exciting time that you're settling into classes but still full of a little bit nervous energy.  Here's a great (and humorous) post on the infamous socratic method used by many law school professors to help you get started!

Are  you wondering how to power your brain up to do work or get into an exercise routine?  Lifehacker has some fun (illustrated!) answers. 

Not sure about twitter for lawyers?  Just curious about it?  The ABA Journal has some recommendations about how to use it effectively even if you're not tweeting yourself.    

Ms. JD Weekly Round-up: Week Ending August 31, 2012

How (and when) do you tell work you're having a baby? Corporette says wait and be strategic.

Is repeatedly calling a colleague a bitch in front of her co-workers sexual harassment? Not in the 7th Circuit.

Do gender demographics affect professional mobility in BigLaw? (Answer: Yes)

Meredith Lapore is taking some heat this week for saying that "she only went to business school to get her MRS."

ATL's Anonymous Partner is at it again, this time remarking on the number and behavior of female colleagues who have gone in house.